Dr Sarah Niklas is a Research Consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. Sarah joined ISF in May 2020 as a member of the Energy Futures team. Sarah has a background in environmental science with a focus on climate change and interdisciplinary research. She brings expertise in comparative energy policy analysis and political economy to the team. At ISF, Sarah has worked on projects that drive the energy transition in different countries and across sectors. Currently, Sarah was involved in an UNEP-funded project that develops sectoral pathways for the global economy, including the transition of hard-to-mitigate sectors, with the objective to steer capital investments towards complying with the 1.5C Paris target. Recently, Sarah completed a project which brought together community groups, local government, businesses working in the energy space and researchers to develop an Emergency Smart-Grid for East Gippsland/ Victoria, using qualitative research methods. Sarah is also involved in projects that evaluate energy efficiency and renewable energy uptake in apartment buildings and work that explores the opportunities for energy efficiency jobs in Australia.